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Pulse club shooter's wife freed until trial: A timeline of the tragedy

Omar Mateen walked into Pulse night club last June and opened fire, killing 50 people

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Updated: 4:39 PM EST Mar 1, 2017

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Pulse club shooter's wife freed until trial: A timeline of the tragedy

Omar Mateen walked into Pulse night club last June and opened fire, killing 50 people

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Updated: 4:39 PM EST Mar 1, 2017

OAKLAND, Calif. —

The widow of the gunman who killed dozens of people at a Florida nightclub was deemed "not dangerous" and will be released from jail ahead of her trial on charges of aiding the attack, a federal judge in California ruled Wednesday.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu also said there is no evidence that Noor Salman, 31, has connections to the Islamic State group or holds extremist views. Her husband, Omar Mateen, pledged allegiance to several terror organizations during the attack that killed 49 people at Pulse nightclub in Orlando before police fatally shot him.

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Here is the timeline of the tragic events that led to Salman's arrest.

June 12, 2016, 2 a.m.

29-year-old Omar Mateen approached Pulse night club on foot armed with a SIG Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle and a 9mm Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol around 2 a.m. He open fire, and around 100 officers from the Orlando Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff's Office arrived at the scene. At 2:09 a.m., Pulse posted a message on its Facebook page that read "Everyone get out of pulse and keep running."

June 12, 2016, 2:45 a.m.

Mateen called a local Orlando television news station and said, "I'm the shooter. It's me. I am the shooter." He claimed he was carrying out the shooting on behalf of ISIL and spoke in Arabic, adding that he was triggered by a recent US-led bombing attack in Iraq.

Fourteen SWAT officers breached the building after a police officer drove an armored vehicle through one of the club's walls. They used two flash grenades to distract Mateen.

June 12, 2016, 5:17 a.m.

Mateen is pronounced dead from eight gunshot wounds. Fifty people are dead and 53 injured.

August 9, 2016

Autopsies showed that more than a third of the 49 patrons killed during the Pulse nightclub massacre were shot in the head and most of the victims had multiple bullet wounds.

Experts said the large number of head wounds suggests Mateen was targeting his victims rather than shooting randomly.

October 26, 2016

The Orlando Magic dedicated their home opener to the Pulse victims.

Several tributes took place, including a video highlighting the city's unity, a moment of silence and the honoring of first responders who went to the scene of the shooting at the Pulse nightclub.

December 16, 2016

The FBI returned items to survivors and the families of those killed six months after the mass shooting.

The agency collected some 1,000 items during the investigation. The items were picked up at an Orlando resort.

January 16, 2017

Noor Salman, Mateen's wife, is arrested on federal charges filed in Florida's Middle District. Salman is being charged with obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting her husband's support to ISIS, a law official said.

Police believe Salman's behavior wasn't forced by her husband and acted on her own free will. One official said evidence shows the widow was complicit and was aware her husband was going to commit a crime.